'Crystal Palace in Hyde Park', 1851. Artist: Thomas Colman Dibdin

'Crystal Palace in Hyde Park', 1851. Artist: Thomas Colman Dibdin

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'Crystal Palace in Hyde Park', 1851. Crowds gathered for the opening of the palace on the 1st May, 1851. The glass building, designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, housed the Great Exhibition which drew huge numbers of people to London.

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